RZA To Live Score A Screening Of The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Screenings will happen in Austin and Los Angeles.

RZA will be live scoring the classic martial arts movie The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. He will be re-purposing Wu-Tang Clan music to re-score the entire film from it's opening scene to the final minute. RZA first saw the movie when he was 12 and it has inspired him to this day. Talking to Beyond Fest, RZA discussed on how the film's plot struck him right away.

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“Beyond the kung-fu, it was the reality of the situation that hit me. Growing up as a black kid in America, I didn’t know that that kind of story had existed anywhere else."

There will be three screenings of the film. Two in Austin and one in Los Angeles. Check out the dates below.